• Target Plant : Spring Onion

Main Pest : fruit flies, baby purplish black bugs and red small spiders

The organic way to remove fruit flies and baby purplish fruit flies:
Soapy water-use one to two tablespoons of liquid soap one per gallon of water

Organic recipes to get rid of pest:
Garlic Chilli Spray
Materials:
  • 8-10 chillies finely sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed and cut roughly
  • 1 tablespoon soap flakes
  • 1 litre boiling water
Combine in a glass jar and set a side for 24 hours.
Strain and pour into a spray bottle. (use within 2 weeks)


A spray to get rid of ants
Fill a spray bottle with water and add 10-15 drops of peppermint essential oil. Spray the area, you don't want the ants to cross and they won't . They hate the smell.
(can be harmful to cats)


Garlic oil spray
Chop 3 garlic cloves of 28 grams each to very small pieces.Keep them in 2 teaspoons of mineral oil for at least 24 hours. After this peroid, slowly add half a litre of water and then sift the mixture into a jar. Take 2 tablespoon of mixture when you're about to use the spray, mix it with half a litre water aand apply whole surface of your plant.

Salt spray
Dissolve 2 tablespoons of salt in 4.5 litres of water carefully apply. Very useful against red spiders and cabbage root flies.

To Get Rid Of Aphids
  • 1/2 a cup of hot peppers, chopped-
Try Cayenne or thai chillis, these are the hottest peppers. The hotter the pepper, the more capsacin and the more capsacin the better it keeps the bugs away.
  • Two cups of water
Mix the chopped peppers in the water and let it steep over night. Pour it into a spray bottle and apply to your plants regulary.